As promised in my recent Newsletter, here, along with several other new listing, is an excellent shoe for rainy and cold weather. This and several others now listed have all-weather rubber or crepe soles for wet or snow. Some have high-profile soles also suitable for rough terrain, but above all, rubber or crepe soles insulate your feet from icy pavement (and in Summer, blistering hot pavement too), not to mention saving your best leather soled shoes from early destruction. Every prudent gentleman's wardrobe should have at least one such shoe to choose in heavy weather or, indeed, for an excursion to the country, whatever the weather. My goal is to present you shoes that fit this description but which have no resemblance to rough shoes or boots, rather, which can also be worn to the office or out in the evening without giving the impression -apologies to my lumberjack clients- that you are have just returned from felling trees in the Black Forest.

VELDTSCHOEN CONSTRUCTION: In terms of construction, the present shoe is one of the most complex, robust and durable of all shoes. The Veldtschoen construction, while similar to the Norwegian construction in that both have the uppers turned out and sewn to the out-sole, has the addition of a full welt between the uppers and the out-sole, all of this intended to repel water. The Norwegian lacks a welt and is sewn directly to the outsole. Veldtschoen constructed shoes are usually further distinguished by a bellows tongue, another waterproofing measure. Moreover this shoe is fitted with the single best high-profile rubber sole in the world, the same sole favoured by E. Green, J. Lobb, Crockett and others, the much imitated but never equalled English-made Itshide "Commando" sole. The construction of this shoe allows for the easy replacement of the sole but replacement is academic; you cannot wear out this sole. As useful in cold and wet as it is for your summer excursions in the countryside, this shoe will serve you faithfully like few others and for decades to come. My old clients know what I mean when I say, "My highest personal recommendation on this shoe."

Condition: New and unworn.

Size/Grösse: Marked 8E but by my own measurements this is a generous fit suitable for a Continental 42D or E, or a 42,5D.